Can you believe I’ve made it to 52 weeks? Discipline is not my strong suit, so I am giving myself a pat on the back for sticking it out for this long.
Last Updated: November 2, 2020
Am I a more grateful person after this gratitude challenge?
So am I more grateful? I am! I’m certainly not the most grateful person I know, but I’ve at least taken some baby steps since the start of this challenge. Some weeks were like pulling teeth and felt forced. Other weeks were discouraging where I saw zero progress. Some weeks I even felt like I was going backward. But after a full year of being intentional, I have a more positive attitude, which Jacob has also mentioned to me.
It’s helped me recognize when I’m being ungrateful quicker and when I needed to change my attitude. And man.. do I still love to complain! I know there are still times, I can still be jaded and negative, but for the first time in a long time, I’ve been moving in a positive direction. That’s something.
What does that mean for weekly gratitudes?
I met my quota for a lifetime, right? haha Honestly, though, it was challenging work, and I plan on taking a little break from blogging gratitudes. TBD if I will restart it next year. Instead, I’m still going to fill up my gratitude jar until the end of the year, and I also may start writing in my gratitude journal daily.
If you want to give it a go, here are some prompts for you to try your own gratitude challenge this year. I know this would have helped me if I put it together earlier this year.
If you’ve missed any of the gratitude posts and want to follow my journey this year.
52 WEEKS OF GRATITUDE CHALLENGE
- Gratitude Unlocks the Fullness of Life
- Learning to Express Gratitude
- The Value of True Friendships
- It Can Be Awkward Learning to Love Yourself
- How Blogging Improved My Life
- Let’s Be Real: My Struggles with Gratitude
- Not Everyone Has Clean Water
- Snail Mail Pals {New and Old}
- The Philippines after the Typhoon
- A Week of Personal Growth
- DIY Mason Jar Turkey
- A Simple Gratitude List
- 9 Easy Ways to Give Back
- Why I’m Grateful for 2013
- Christmas Gratitude List
- 4 Lessons Learned from Mother Teresa
- Finally Found Blue Footed Boobies
- Count Your Blessings Not Your Problems
- 100 Days of Less Challenge Complete!
- The Ultimate Japanese Kit Kat Exchange
- Valuable Lessons Learned from the Philippines
- Peace out LA! Viva Las Vegas
- A Different Perspective on Valentine’s Day
- My B Themed Birthday
- Introducing My First VLOG & Growth List
- Checking this Off My Bucket List
- 7 Reasons I Love Living in Las Vegas
- Making Friends in a New City
- Why We Love our HOME
- Bloggers Giving Back
- Quality Time with Grandma
- A Spring Happy List
- Gratitude In Sickness and In Health
- 52 Dates a Year & the Importance of Dating Your Husband
- 5 Simple Ways to Save Money and Travel More
- What a Friend is to Me
- How to Adopt a Growth Mindset
- We ate at French Laundry
- Why You Should Make a Gratitude Jar
- Our Apartment
- Couchsurfing Hosts
- 5 Reasons Why We’re Together
- Epic Fireworks Shot
- Our Cats Dogs or Dog Cats?
- First Sponsored Post
- What I am Grateful for This Week
- 4 Valuable Lessons in Marriage
- RIP Robin Williams and On Battling Depression
- Revealing My Current Life Struggles
- Happy Birthday, Cats!
- 100 Things to Be Thankful For List
- 52 Weeks of Gratitude Challenge Complete! – This one!
The Older Version from 2014:
Final Thoughts for This Gratitude Challenge
Before I end this post and complete this challenge, I wanted to thank Erika whose reflections on gratitude first inspired me to start practicing gratitude regularly on the blog. I want to thank Jacob for helping me list out gratitudes on weeks I felt deflated and ungrateful. Last but not least, I thank all my friends, my family, and everyone else passing through my life give me so many reasons to be grateful. Now, your turn!
How do you practice gratitude? Would you try a gratitude challenge like this?
